In my experience it happens just a little too often. A new appointee to a senior role is about to arrive. The hopes of the organisation, or of part of it, are pinned upon this appointment. All will be well once they are here. Look what they have done elsewhere –...

2017 was Chelsham’s fourth full calendar year of operation and a year-end is, of course, as good a point as any to review the types of clients with whom we are working, the nature of the assignments we are delivering and the markets in which we operate. It was...

Since early 2014 I’ve been sharing my views on some of the specific actions that leaders, current or future, can take to improve your impact or effectiveness and to create the right conditions for others to succeed. There’s a clear theme within my thinking –...

Yet again it boils down to the culture of a business. I am continually fascinated by the conditions that leaders create around themselves – be it deliberately or accidentally. I’m particularly intrigued by, and in part concerned about, the culture of some...

Hubris (n): extreme pride, especially pride and ambition so great that they ‘offend the gods’ and lead to one’s downfall There are lessons in the General Election outcome for any leader or aspiring leader – in my opinion this isn’t a...

2016 was our third full calendar year of operation and, as such, as good a point as any to review the types of clients with whom we are working and the nature of the assignments we are delivering. It was a year in which our work fell largely into two categories:...